Tile and means for setting the same



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TILE AND MEANS FOR SETTING THE SAME Filed Jan. 17, 1938 201, 20 I 0d INVENTOR. 20d 2 c CARL- FT GLASER BY M02125.

'ATTORNEY.

Patented May 9, 1939 UNIT-TED .;E; 2,157,201

TILE AND MEANS FOR SETTING. THE SAME Carl F. Glaser, Chicagm' lll.

Application January 17,1938; Serial No. 185,274

. 17 Claims. (01. 72-9 My invention includes. an improved construcon the erected mountingstrips, with the mounttion of tile of ceramic ordotherlmaterial for ing clips in the apertured first lugs of the tiles finishingthe' interior and exterior surfaces of-the 1 and. also in the grooves or rabbets of the strips, walls of buildings,by which the tiles are-protherebysecurely-supporting the weight of the vided ontheir back faces, with first projecting tiles-and" holding them snugly against the wall ..5 and spaced lugs having vertically extending in proper: position until the cement or mortar apertures therethrough cooperating with the sethas hardened or set, which makes the mounting ting or mounting devices toeifectthreedesirable of thertiles permanent. At the same time, each results: first, to. automatically alinexthe tilesrin successive horizontal row of tiles engages the 33210 horizontal rows without care on the part of the upwardly projecting ends of the mounting CIiDSmlO workman; second,- tomechanically hold thetiles of-the next'lower row of tiles, and in this manner L in properposition on. the walljz being finished .the tiles are placed automatically in alined vertherewith, durjngthe time required for the: cetical rows. 'Ihiseliminates much time and labor merit ormortar employedin mountingthe tiles, nowrequired in setting tiles, and makes the operiiFlCE 11.15 to "set or harden; anduthird, to automatically ation correspondingly cheaper. ,15

aline the tiles in vertical rows withoutacare on My inventionwill be best understood by refer the part of the workman. l ence tothe accompanying drawing illustrating a My invention also'rincludespnovel forms of preferred embodiment thereof, in which metal mountingclips'made preferably by bending .Fig. 1 shows in front elevation, a plurality of 1 :1 metal wires or rods, and horizontal mounting my improved tiles mounted on a wall by my imstrips of. any desired 'rnaterial, although I l-find -proved mounting means, at from the. standpoint of cheapness, ease of Fig. 2; shows in right hand end elevation, the

erection, and effectiveness in use, :said strips are mountedtiles illustrated in Fig. 1,

.quite. satisfactory whennmade of v:wood. 1 Said Fig. 3 illustrates in rear elevation to an en- 'rrzi i mountingv strips-are enoughnarrower than the larged scale, one of my improved tiles, T

I distance vertically between thesaid firstizlugs on Fig. 4 is a" bottom View of the tile shown in the tile, to facilitate mounting said tiles on said Fig. 3, strips so that the weight .of. saidtiles will: be vcar- 1 Fig. 5 is a right hand end elevation of the tile i lied by said strips during the setting or harden shown in Fig; 3, gri .ing of the cement on-mortarusedzto mount. said Fig. 6 shows in a view similar to Fig. 2 and to.

tiles, said strips having firstsbeenierected on the an enlarged scale, one of the mounting strips on wall surface .in'horizontal-position by suitable a. wall before mounting the tiles thereon,

fastening devices, for example, riailsyandsspaced Fig. 7 shows in front elevation one of my imvertically according to the height of the tiles to -provedmounting clips, to an enlarged scale from i be mounted thereon. .-Said mounting :strips are that shown in Fig. 1, 5

preferably provided along the1upper-portionof Hg. 8 is a right hand end elevation of the clip their wall surfaces, with grooves: or .rab'bets .to shown in Fig. 7, and freely receive parts of .said clipstafter said strips Fig. Qshows in a view similar to Fig. 7, a modihave been secured tothe wall. fied form of mounting clip. MW :In. addition to the firstlugs referred-:to, my Similar numerals refer to similar parts 40 improved tiles are also preferably, provided with throughout the several views. second'ilugs on'their rear .or. mounting surfaces, .Asshown in'Figs. 3, 4 and 5, my improved tile to interlock withitheacerrrent-ormortar used in consists of a body portion. Hi from the corner mounting the tiles, to increase'thesecurity and portions of the back surface of which, first x i-n3 rigidity of their attachmentto' the walls receiv- =m0unting lugs ll, l2, l3 and 14 project, said lugs ing them. having apertures Ha, l2a, l3a and I la extending In using my improved tiles and tile mounting vertically-through them respectively and submeans, the mounting-stripsarefirstsecnredto .stantially in line with the back surface of the the wall in horizontal position and spacedver- .,body portion Ill. Said lugs preferably are of tically according to the size of the tiles. to be the same size as each other and project the same mounted thereon, to receive and support succesamount from the body portion It to space the sive horizontal rows of ;the tiles with their meettil a sufficient distance from the wall surface ing edges closely. adjacent each other; the tiles on which the tile is to be mounted, to accommoare then dressed on their rearofacesv with the date the mounting strip below described. Addimounting cement or mortar employed'and placed .tionally, said lugs at the upper edge of the tile and their said apertures, preferably have the same horizontal spacing as the said lugs at the lower edge of said tile and their apertures, thereby providing for supporting a first tile by said upper lugs and also providing for engaging a second tile above said first tile to aline said tiles in a vertical row by the apertures in said lower lugs on said second tile, the lower surfaces of the upper lugs of each tile being substantially in line with each other, as are also the upper surfaces of the lower lugs of said tile, and the upper lugs of each tile being substantially parallel with the lower lugs of said tile, so that the tile may be mounted with either pair of said first lugs uppermost with the same result, the alined lower surfaces of said upper lugs, for either way the tile may be turned and mounted, affording surfaces of substantial area reliably supporting the tile in proper position in mounting it on a wall.

In addition to said first lugs, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the body portion I of the tile is also provided with second spaced lugs I and I6 in horizontal rows between the upper first lugs II and I2 and the lower first lugs I3 and I4 respectively, the lower surfaces of the lugs I5 being in line horizontally with the lower surfaces of the lugs II and I2, and the upper surfaces of the lugs I6 being in line with the upper surfaces of the lugs I3 and I4, said second lugs projecting substantially the same amount from back of the body portion I0 as said first lugs, and having substantially less vertical extent than said first lugs. Said second lugs increase the supporting surface for mounting the tile, they provide additional gauging projections for spacing the body portion of the tile from the wall on which it is mounted, and they also serve to positively anchor the mounted tile to the wall when the cement or mortar used has hardened. The lower surfaces of the upper lugs II and I2 are provided with grooves IIb and I2b extending rearwardly from the lower end of the apertures II a and I2a respectively, and the upper surfaces of the lugs 53 and I4 are provided with similar grooves I31) and I 4b extending rearwardly respectively from the upper ends of the apertures I3a and Ma, the upper ones of said grooves serving to receive the mounting clips 20 as below described, depending upon which of said first lugs happen to be uppermost when the tile is mounted on the wall, it being immaterial which of the two opposite mounting edges is selected as the uppermost edge in mounting the tile, since said two mounting edges are substantially the same and are interchangeable.

In mounting the tiles as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, mounting strips H, for example, of wood, are first secured in horizontal position to the wall I8 to be covered with the tiles, by suitable fastening devices, for example, nails I9, the spacing vertically of said strips, from the top edge of each strip to the top edge of the next strip, being equal to the height of the tiles and any additional amount allowed for cement or mortar between the edges of the tiles. Each of the strips I1 is substantially narrower vertically than the vertical distance between the lugs on the back of each tile, to facilitate the use of the mounting clips employed, and each of said strips is slightly thinner than the extent of horizontal projection of the lugs from the back surfaces of the tiles I8, to insure the resting of said lugs against the wall I8, thereby accurately locating the outer surfaces of the tiles in a plane surface parallel with the surface of the wall. Furthermore, as

more clearly shown for one of the strips I! in Fig. 6 before the tiles are mounted thereon, each of said strips is provided in the upper part of its back surface, with a groove or rabbet Ila extending through the upper edge of the strip, said rabbet being of a width and height sufiicient to receive the mounting clips 20 employed.

As shown in Figs. '7 and 8, each of the mounting clips 20 consists preferably of a metal rod or wire bent so that its end portions 20a extend vertically and at the bends at their lower ends connect with horizontal portions 281) connected by second bends with the upper ends of second vertical portions 20c connected by bends at their lower ends with the ends of the lower horizontal member 20d of the clip, each of said bends being preferably a right angle. In use, the portions 200 and 20d; enter the rabbet I'Ia, the portions 201) extend across the upper edge of the mounting strip I1, and the end portions 28a extend upwardly through the apertures I la and I2a in the lugs I I and I2 of the tile I0 being mounted, which rest on the upper edge of the strip H, the portions 20b of the clip being contained in the grooves IIb and I212 in the lower surfaces of the supporting lugs II and I2. The upper end portions 20a of the clip 20 are of a length to extend Vertically through the lugs II and I2 of the tile being mounted, and also a substantial distance above said lugs to enter the apertures I3a and Ma in the lower lugs I3 and Id of a second tile when the latter is placed above the tile being mounted, thereby alining the tiles vertically. The portion 20d of the clip 20 is of a length to space the end portions 20a, an amount equal to the horizontal spacing of the apertures Ila and I2a and also of the apertures I3a and Ma.

After the strips I! have been secured to the wall I8 as described, the ends 20a of one of the clips 20, are inserted through the upper lugs ii and I2 on each of the tiles Ill, each tile is dressed on its back face with sufficient cement or mortar to fill the space between the tile and the wall when the tile is in place, the tile is then raised above its mounting strip I'I sufficiently to clear the clip 20 and the tile is pressed against the wall until its lugs engage the wall, bringing the portions 200 and 20d of the clip directly over the rabbet lid in the strip I1, and then the tile is pressed down until its upper lugs rest firmly against the upper edge of the mounting strip Il', which moves the portions 200 and 26d of the clip into the rabbet I'Ia, at the same time moving the apertures I3a and Ma in the lower lugs I3 and I4 of the tile being mounted, onto the upper projecting ends of the upper end portions 26a. of the clip 20 supporting the tile immediately below the tile being mounted, thus effecting the relation between the wall I8, the mounting strips I! thereon, the mounting clips 2!] and the tiles Ill rnounted on the wall, which is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The length of the clip portions 281) is such as to hold the rear ends of the tile lugs snugly against the wall I8.

The mounting strips I1 thus aline the mounted tiles horizontally and support the weight of said tiles while the mounting cement or mortar is plastic, and the mounting clips at the same time hold the tiles in proper position on and against the wall and also hold the mounted tiles in vertical alinement. The proper alinement of the tiles is thus automatically effected both horizontally and vertically without measurement, skill or delay of any kind on the part of the workman, and the work of setting the tiles proceeds more rapidly, more accurately and with much less required skill than is possible in setting tiles in the usual manner without mounting devices.

In Fig, 9, I illustrate a modified form of mounting clip 2|, which is adapted for use under conditions making it impracticable to use the mounting clips 20 above described The clip 2t consists of a metal rod or wire having an upper end portion Zia similar to the portion filla, a horizontal portion Zib like the portion 28?), a second vertical portion 2| c like the portion 260, and a short horizontal lower end portion! Id like one end of the portion 2001, the clip 2| being in effect the same as one end of the clip 20, retaining preferably a suflicient amount of the lower horizontal portion 200? of the clip 26, to form the lower end portion 2I'd of the clip 2!, to enter the rabbet lid and prevent angular movement of the clip 2i about a vertical axis. The several portions of the clip 2! are for the purpose and operate in the manner above described for the corresponding portions of the clip 20.

A practical advantage resulting from making the clips 2!] and 2| of metal rod or wire of relatively small diameter or cross-section as illustrated, is that the clips may readily be cut by cutting pliers where special conditions require, for example, with the upper course of tiles, the projecting ends of the clips may be cut to avoid interference with finishing bands or strips.

While in the drawing I illustrate an embodiment of my invention applicable without change of any kind to square and rectangular tiles, it will be understood that with obvious changes it may be employed with tiles of any shape adapted to be mounted in regular rows, Whether the rows extend precisely as described or not.

While I have shown my invention in the particular embodiment above described, I do not limit myself thereto as I may employ equivalents thereof without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and metal clips connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said upper and lower lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough and being spaced an amount substantially equal to the height of said tiles.

2. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and metal clips connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said upper and lower lugs having apertures extending "vertically therethrough and symmetrically spaced and disposed whereby the upper and lower portions of each of said tiles are interchangeable, and each of said clips having a midportion in retaining engagement with one of said strips and having vertical end portions spaced to aline with the upper apertures of each of said tiles and entering th upper apertures of one of said tiles to holdthe latter in place on the wall, the upper edges of said-mounting strips being spaced anram'ount substantially equal to the height of said tiles, each of said strips having a rabbetin the upper portion of its rear surface and extending through its upper edge, and the midportion of each of said" clips being vertical and contained in the rabbet inone of said strips.

3. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tilesvhaving upper and lower back'lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and metal clips connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said upper and lower lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough and symmetrically spaced and disposed whereby the upper and lower portions of each of said tiles are interchangeable, andeach of saidclips having a midportionin retaining engagement with one of said strips'and having vertical end portions spaced to. aline with the upper apertures of each of said tiles and entering. the upper apertures of one of said tiles to hold the latter in place on the wall, the upper edges of said mounting strips being spaced an amount substantially equal to the height of said tiles, the vertical end portions of said clips extending above the upper lug apertures containing them and into the lower lug apertures of tiles respectively above them, thereby alining said tiles vertically.

4."The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and metal clips connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said upper and lower lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough and symmetrically spaced and disposed whereby the upper and lower portions of each of said tiles are interchangeable, and each. of said clips having a midportion in retaining engagement with one of said strips and having. vertical end portions spaced to aline with the upper apertures of each of said tiles and entering the upper apertures of one of said tiles to hold the latter in place on the wall, the upper edges of said mounting strips being spaced an amount substantially equal to the height of said tiles, each of said strips having a rabbet in the upper portion of its rear surface and extending through its upper edge, and the mid-portion of each of said clips being vertical and contained in the rabbet in one of said strips, the vertical end portions of said clips extending above the upper lug. apertures containing them and into the'lower lug apertures of tiles respectively above them, thereby alining said tiles vertically.

5. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions .alin-ing with and engaging the upper apertures in one or said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips.

6. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips re spectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said midportions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, each of said strips having a rabbet in the upper portion of its rear surface containing the vertical and horizontal mid-portions of corresponding ones of said clips.

7. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and cli s comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said titles and having lower bends connecting with first horiontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, each of said strips being" narrower vertically than the vertical distance between the upper and lower lugs of the tiles mounted thereon by at least the vertical extent of the vertical midportions of the clips holding the tiles on said strip.

8. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said titles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, the upper apertures of said tiles having the same spacing as the lower apertures thereof, and the end portions of said clips extending above the tiles held thereby and into the lower apertures of the tiles respectively above the tiles so held and thereby alining said tiles vertically.

9. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, the upper apertures of said tiles having the same spacing as the lower apertures thereof, and the end portions of said clips extending above the tiles held thereby and into the lower apertures of the tiles respectively above the tiles so held and thereby alining said tiles vertically, each of said strips having a rabbet in the upper portion of its rear surface containing the vertical and horizontal mid-portions of corresponding ones of said clips.

10. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, the upper apertures of said tiles having the same spacing as the lower apertures thereof, and the end portions of said clips extending above the tiles held thereby and into the lower apertures of the tiles respectively above the tiles so held and thereby alining said tiles vertically, each of said strips having a rabbet in the upper portion of its rear surface containing the vertical and horizontal mid-portions of corresponding ones of said clips, each of said strips being narrower vertically than the vertical distance between the upper and lower lugs of the tiles mounted thereon by at least the vertical extent of the vertical mid-portions of the clips holding the tiles on said strip.

11. A tile of ceramic material including a body portion having integral upper and lower lugs extending perpendicularly from its back surface, said lugs having apertures extending vertically through them for receiving mounting clips, said upper apertures having substantially the same spacing and relation to said body portion as said lower apertures, whereby the upper and lower portions of said tile are interchangeable in mounting the same.

12. A tile of ceramic material including a body portion having first integral upper and lower lugs extending perpendicularly from its back surface,

said lugs having apertures extending vertically through them for receiving mounting clips, said upper apertures having substantially the same spacing and relation to said body portion as said lower apertures, whereby the upper and lower portions of said tile are interchangeable in mounting the same, and second integral lugs in line horizontally with said upper and said low-er lugs for anchoring purposes.

13. A tile of ceramic material including a body portion having first integral upper. and lower lugs extending perpendicularly from its back surface,

' said lugs having apertures extending vertically through them for receiving mounting clips, said upper apertures having substantially the same spacing and relation to said body portion as said lower apertures, whereby the upper and lower portions of said tile are interchangeable in mounting the same, and second integral lugs in line horizontally with said upper and said lower lugs for anchoring purposes, the lower surfaces of said upper first and second lugs being in alinement horizontally and the upper surfaces of said lower first and second lugs being also in alinement horizontally, said second lugs being of less height vertically than said first lugs.

14. A tile of ceramic material including a body portion having integral upper and lower lugs extending perpendicularly from its back surface, said lugs having apertures extending vertically through them for receiving mounting clips, said upper apertures having substantially the same spacing and relation to said body portion as said lower apertures, whereby the upper and lower potions of said tile are interchangeable in mounting the same, said upper lugs having grooves in their low-er surfaces extending rearwardly from the apertures therein and said lower lugs having similar grooves in their upper surfaces to receive parts of said mounting clips.

15. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portionof the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, each of said upper lugs having in its lower surface a groove extending rearwardly from the aperture therein to receive a first horizontal portion of one of said clips.

16. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having integral upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and clips comprising bent metal rods connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough, and each of said clips having spaced and vertical end portions alining with and engaging the upper apertures in one of said tiles and having lower bends connecting with first horizontal portions substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end portions and in turn connected by bends with vertical mid-portions joining a second horizontal and mid-portion of the clip, said mid-portions being substantially parallel with the plane of said end portions with said second horizontal portion below said first horizontal portions and back of one of said strips, the upper apertures of said tiles having the same spacing as the lower apertures thereof, and the end portions of said clips extending above the tiles held thereby and into the lower apertures of the tiles respectively above the tiles so held and thereby alining said tiles vertically, each of said upper lugs having in its lower surface and each of said lower lugs having in its upper surface a groove extending rearwadly from the aperture therein to receive a first horizontal portion of one of said clips.

17. The combination of horizontally disposed mounting strips, tiles having first upper and lower back lugs above and below said strips respectively for engagement with a wall, and metal clips connecting said strips with the upper lugs of said tiles, said upper and lower lugs having apertures extending vertically therethrough and symmetrically spaced and disposed whereby the upper and lower portions of each of said tiles are interchangeable, and each of said clips having a mid-portion in retaining engagement with one of said strips and having vertical end portions spaced to aline with the upper apertures of each of said tiles and entering the upper apertures of one of said tiles to hold the latter in place on the wall, the upper edges of said mounting strips being spaced an amount substantially equal to the height of said tiles, said tiles having second lugs in line horizontally with said upper and said lower lugs for anchoring purposes, the lower surfaces of the upper first and second lugs of each tile being in alinement and'the upper surfaces of the lower first and second lugs thereof being also in alinem-ent for supporting purposes, said second lugs being of less extent vertically than said first lugs.

CARL F. GLASER. 

